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if they don't, brown says there will be more cuts totaling $6 billion. and those cuts would again hit education hard. the governor warned today that the school year here in california could shrink by up to three weeks and, scott, tuition at colleges and universities would continue to rise. >> pelley: so, ben, the plan is that the voters would vote on these tax increases in november. how realistic is it to think that people will vote for the tax increase? >> well, that's an awfully tough sell but the governor is giving it his best go. he's running a campaign and leveling with taxpayers and saying you want to decide what kind of state you want to live in and if you want these things you have to pay for them. >> pelley:. >> pelley: it's not just california. 29 states and the district of chropl columbia are bleeding red ink. leading the list are illinois, texas, massachusetts, and louisiana. moving on now to public safety. thousands of police officers will be in washington this week to honor those who've lost their lives in the line of duty. today the f.b.i.
if they don't, brown says there will be more cuts totaling $6 billion. and those cuts would again hit education hard. the governor warned today that the school year here in california could shrink by up to three weeks and, scott, tuition at colleges and universities would continue to rise. >> pelley: so, ben, the plan is that the voters would vote on these tax increases in november. how realistic is it to think that people will vote for the tax increase? >> well, that's an awfully...
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and from the looks of things, the governor jerry brown is feeling the pain. with a 21 point drop in his approval rating in the past three months. >> what you think of the performance of jerry brown? >> he has done some good but
and from the looks of things, the governor jerry brown is feeling the pain. with a 21 point drop in his approval rating in the past three months. >> what you think of the performance of jerry brown? >> he has done some good but
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john donaghue at brown university developed the system after decoding some of the brain's electrical language. how well do we understand this language? >> we know that there's a general pattern of, for example, left, right, up, down, even fast or slow. >> kathy now has neural control over that cursor. >> pelley: four years ago dr. leigh hochberg of massachusetts general hospital explained as hutch hinson moved the computer cursor with her thoughts. >> she's thinking about the movement of her hand and she's moving the cursor much as if she had her hand on a mouse. do you want to play some music? all right. >> pelley: she just clicked "play." >> she did. >> pelley: (laughs) that's pretty amazing! now four years later in the study published today in the journal "nature" researchers report hutch kheufp son has gone even further, using her mind to control a robotic arm. >> she was able to reach and grab any ball in any location about half the time which is to us was remarkable that he could do any of that. >> pelley: once they proved it worked they wanted to see whether the technology cou
john donaghue at brown university developed the system after decoding some of the brain's electrical language. how well do we understand this language? >> we know that there's a general pattern of, for example, left, right, up, down, even fast or slow. >> kathy now has neural control over that cursor. >> pelley: four years ago dr. leigh hochberg of massachusetts general hospital explained as hutch hinson moved the computer cursor with her thoughts. >> she's thinking...
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. >>> we begin tonight with the justice handed down for the killer of maryland state trooper wesley brown. now even though he was sentenced to life in prison without parole, cyril cornelius williams remained defiant until the very end offering no apologies to brown's friends and family who were there in the courtroom. the story from scott broom. >> justice has certainly been served, but it proines consolation to us whatsoever -- provides no consolation to us whatsoever. >> reporter: state's attorney angela alsobrooks took no pleasure of this major victory in court. cyril williams will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of off-duty state trooper wesley brown who was moonlighting security at the applebee's restaurant
. >>> we begin tonight with the justice handed down for the killer of maryland state trooper wesley brown. now even though he was sentenced to life in prison without parole, cyril cornelius williams remained defiant until the very end offering no apologies to brown's friends and family who were there in the courtroom. the story from scott broom. >> justice has certainly been served, but it proines consolation to us whatsoever -- provides no consolation to us whatsoever. >>...